Low-calorie foods are dangerous for children.
Children often eat foods with low calories, so in most cases they gain weight. The obesity of the child’s body occurs due to excessive overeating. Such conclusions were made by the canadian scientists.
Researchers from the University of Alberta conducted experiments on mice. Some rodents were fed a low-calorie food, the second was given normal food. As it turned out later, the young animals that ate foods with low calorie content, often overeat. While eaten in large quantity as thick and thin rodents. However, older specimens of mice that ate the same diet food was not prone to obesity, because it did not pass.
Scientists found that adult mice were able to determine the rate of calories consumed, based on our own taste. In younger rodents has no such ability, so by increasing the amount of food they are trying to compensate for the lack of calories.
“Our findings indicate that children are healthier a healthy, well-balanced diet with enough calories, not low calorie snacks and food,” – said the head of the experiment, David Pearce.
Also earlier was the fact that the diet leads to obesity. The increase of weight of the body happened unexpectedly for all dieters. So, scientists from the University of California have spent more than 30 studies involving thousands of people. Each of the experiments lasted from two to five years. During this period, the researchers monitored people who adhered to various diets. The researchers wanted to install so if diet is and what consequences it brings: whether people weight or gaining extra weight. The findings of the experiment were published in the journal American Psychologist. As it turned out, only some people are able to maintain a slim figure as a result of food restrictions. The rest, dropped weight, gained some more pounds.
Scientists have confirmed that many people do not to diet. “Their weight would remain approximately unchanged but their body has not experienced great hardships that are associated initially with weight loss, and then with his increase,” commented Professor Christy Mann.
In the experiment, it was found that six months of dietetic low-calorie food a person is able to lose up to 10% of their body weight. But this mass is returned to the person, like a boomerang, in about five years. “Diets don’t cause weight manage to keep for a long time, and many diet ruining health,” said Professor Mann. So the doctor believes that frequent changes in body weight lead to negative consequences for the body. In particular, because diets may worsen the function of the heart and circulatory system, and this in turn can lead to diabetes and stroke.
